Her work has been widely recognized by numerous awards, including seven Lambda Literary Awards, two American Library Association Awards, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Lillian Faderman is an internationally-known scholar of LGBT history and women’s history. Faderman also argues that successful challenges to the status quo are often short-lived, and the idea of womanhood in America continues to be contested.ĭon't miss this intriguing discussion, and bring your questions! She'll discuss a history of conflicts, retreats, defeats and hard-won victories in both the private and public spheres. What does it mean to be a woman in America? Faderman has traced the meaning of the word from the Puritans to the sexual revolution of the 1960s to the age of #metoo, Amy Coney Barrett, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the transgender movement. We'll delve into the heart of the subject. Woman is exhaustively researched and finely written." The New York Times' Alexandra Jacobs called it "An ambitious attempt to delineate nothing less than the changing state of being female in this country over the past four centuries. Join us for an in-person program and meet the acclaimed author of the new book Woman: The American History of an Idea.
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